Song titles like White Unicorn and Pyramid, slow and fat distorted guitar and bass riffs supplemented with burning organ sounds, a singer who plays the young screams to the crown and even a flute solo! You imagine that after recording this pure 70s hard rock album, the members of the Australian power trio Wolfmother still wondered if they had forgotten anything: 'of course, a half-naked and busty
… fantasy babe for the cover!'. Wolfmother started out as a pure jam band and eventually went to Los Angeles to record this debut. They especially know how to transcend their tired retro sound by carrying on with an energetic live feeling. They also continue to sound like a trio, with bassist Chris Ross regularly switching to organ. The fire and seriousness with which the trio takes its music - which mainly evokes memories of the early - put down, commands admiration. As if they just invented it themselves. (MR)more
